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Reading an article by Gavin Lamb (PhD) about the conclusions of academic studies into language learning, and adding my own reflections and comments. What does research tell us about the best way to le...

12 Jul 20231h 19min

Join me as I read through a bizarre online game. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a lemon? No? Well, neither had I, until I played this game. Can I escape the kitchen, become human a...

5 Jul 202342min

Let me read you a classic Sherlock Holmes detective story, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.I'll read the original text and stop regularly in order to explain what is happening so you can follow the ...

27 Jun 20231h 45min

A conversation with Hadar Shemesh, a non-native speaker who has improved her English to a very high level, and who now shares her knowledge and experience with the world through her podcast and YouTub...

20 Jun 202351min

In conversation with Andy Cooke, an English teacher from England who is very popular on Instagram. We talk about Andy's background, becoming an English teacher, getting big on Instagram, ChatGPT and a...

14 Jun 20231h 18min

Finally, here is the third part of this series about English slang words and expressions that most British people know, but which will probably confuse almost everyone else! I started this series in 2...

9 Jun 20231h 36min

Amber returns to the podcast to tell us some grisly stories about the history of Paris. Amber is a bit of an expert about Paris. She has read pretty much every book about the city and is also a regist...

31 Mai 20231h 33min

👉 Take Carlos' survey here https://forms.ua.pt/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=699278&lang=enCarlos Soares, from the University of Aveiro in Portugal, is doing a master's degree dissertation all about l...

26 Mai 202335min